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Non-scientific name:

peony

8 Medicinal source(s) include this non-scientific name:

Medicinal sources: Scientific names as used in medicinal source: MPNS matched scientific names: Accepted name: Drug form: Plant parts:
Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002) Paeonia emodi Wallich ex Royle Paeonia emodi Royle Paeonia emodi Royle
Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018) Paeonia lactiflora Pall. Paeonia lactiflora Pall. Paeonia lactiflora Pall. peeled and dried root root
U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) Paeonia lactiflora Pallas Paeonia lactiflora Pall. Paeonia lactiflora Pall.
WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 1 (WHO, 1999) Paeonia lactiflora Pallas Paeonia lactiflora Pall. Paeonia lactiflora Pall. dried root root
Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) Paeonia officinalis Paeonia officinalis L.

MPNS Best Guess

 Paeonia officinalis L.
Tea and Herbal Infusions Europe Pl. Inventory (THIE, 2021) Paeonia officinalis L. Paeonia officinalis L. Paeonia officinalis L.
U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacop. (HPUS, 2009) Paeonia officinalis L. Paeonia officinalis L. Paeonia officinalis L.
Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020) Paeonia officinalis L. Paeonia officinalis L. Paeonia officinalis L.
Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020) Paeonia suffruticosa Andrews Paeonia × suffruticosa Andrews Paeonia × suffruticosa Andrews

42 Non-scientific name(s) associated with "peony":

Non-scientific names: Class of name: Medicinal sources:
bai shao Other Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
bo-báisháo Other WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 1 (WHO, 1999)
bo-tan-pi Other Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020)
báisháo Other WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 1 (WHO, 1999)
chi shao Other U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
chinese peony Other U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
chuan-báisháo Other WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 1 (WHO, 1999)
common garden peony Other U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
common peony Other Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020)
garden peony Other U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
hang-báisháo Other WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 1 (WHO, 1999)
himalayan peony Other Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
mau tan p'i Other Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020)
moutan pi Other Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020)
mow tan phee Other Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020)
mu tan p'i Other Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020)
mu-shaoyao Other WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 1 (WHO, 1999)
mudan Other WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 1 (WHO, 1999)
paeonia officinalis Other U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacop. (HPUS, 2009)
paeoniae alba Other WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 1 (WHO, 1999)
paeoniae alba radix Pharmaceutical Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
paeoniae flos Pharmaceutical Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
paeony Other Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020)
WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 1 (WHO, 1999)
pai shao yao Other WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 1 (WHO, 1999)
pe-shou Other WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 1 (WHO, 1999)
peony root Other WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 1 (WHO, 1999)
pfingstrose Other Tea and Herbal Infusions Europe Pl. Inventory (THIE, 2021)
WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 1 (WHO, 1999)
radix paeoniae Pharmaceutical WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 1 (WHO, 1999)
scopolia rhizome Other Japanese Pharmacop., 17th edn. (2016-2019)
scopoliae rhizoma Pharmaceutical Japanese Pharmacop., 17th edn. (2016-2019)
shaku yaku Other Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020)
shakuyaku Other WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 1 (WHO, 1999)
shao yao Other U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
shaoyao Other WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 1 (WHO, 1999)
sungure aunle Other Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
syakuyaku Other WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 1 (WHO, 1999)
tan ken Other Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020)
tan pi Other Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020)
white peony Other U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 1 (WHO, 1999)
white-flowered peony Other WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 1 (WHO, 1999)
ロートコン Other Japanese Pharmacop., 17th edn. (2016-2019)
白芍 Other Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)